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The original inventor of the Tiffany &. Cooper Patent 
Power Rib Knitting Machine. 



Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue 



AUTOM A~riO 



KNITTING * MACHINERY 



For the manufacture of all varieties of Ribbed Goods and 
Full Fashioned Shirts and Drawers. 



SPRING KNITTING NEEDLES 



MANUFACTURED BY 

Charles Cooper, ' 

y 

BENNINGTON, VERMONT. 

1886-87. 




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COPYRIGHTED BY 

CHARLES COOPER, BENNINGTON, VT. 

1886. 




INTRODUCTORY •> REMARKS. 



^HE TIFFANY cS: COOPER Patent Rib Knitting 
Machine has become very widely known in this country. 
Nearly all knit goods manufacturers have one or more 
in use, and pronounce it the best Rib Knitting Machine 
known to the trade. In response to numerous inquiries I have 
thought best to give a brief sketch of the history of this machine, 
which may prove of interest to all who may have occasion to 
refer to this Catalogue. 

Joseph Powell was the first inventor of a Flat Power Rib 
Knitting Machine made in this country, as far as we know, and his 
brother Thomas was associated with him. These machines were 
very complicated and none but the inventors could success- 
fully operate them. It was patented by Mr. Joseph Powell 
Oct. 2, 1855, and Mr. Charles Parker of Meriden, Conn., 
became interested with Mr. Powell, and fitted up a shop to 
build and operate these machines on the premises of Mr. Parker. 
Mr. George Cooper entered the employ of Messrs. Parker & 
Powell in the year 1855, and was largely interested in the con- 
struction of these machines. He very soon discovered that they 
were too complicated and also became convinced that they could 
not be brought into general use. About this time he made up 
his mind that he could construct a machine much more simple, 
and immediately commenced his experiments. He made the 
patterns for a small machine, which he intended for a model, 
and in June 1856 had the castings made, and while on a visit 
to my home in Enfield did the planing in the Shaker ma- 
chine shop. When he returned to Meriden he made a work 
shop in his house, working late evenings after his days work 
was done. Early in the spring of 1857 he called the attention 
of Mr. Eli Tiffany (who was at this time in the employ of 
Parker & Powell operating one of their machines) to his inven- 



CHARLES COOPER, 



tion. He took Mr. Tiffany into his workshop and showed him 
his plans and the machine he was working out. Mr. Tiffany 
was very much pleased and anxious to take hold with him. 
Soon after this Mr. Tiffany went to Glastenbury, Conn. In a 
few months afterwards he wrote to Mr. Cooper that he had 
made a small machine out of wood, with one cam, and had 
succeeded in making a piece of knit work one inch wide. In 
April, 1858, Mr. Cooper received another letter from Mr. Tiffany 
in which he said he had knit a piece of work a foot long, and 
suggested that the machine be called the Cooper & Tiffany 
Rib Knitting Machine. About a month latter Mr. Tiffany came 
to see Mr. Cooper at Meriden. They then agreed to unite 
their interests. 

Soon after this Mr. Cooper moved to Enfield, with two of the 
Parker & Powell machines, under a contract with Mr. Parker 
to furnish the Enfield Manufacturing Co. with Rib Tops. This 
contract with Mr. Parker is dated Sept. 20, 1S58. In this con- 
tract Mr. Cooper agreed to give Mr. Parker the benefit of any 
improvements he should make as long as this contract should 
be in force, but Mr. Parker refused to adopt the improvements 
tendered to him by Mr. Cooper. 

Mr. Tifiany then came to I'.nfield with his small wood 
model. Then Mr. Cooper arranged, under agreement made 
Dec. 5, 1858, to take Mr. Tiffany in with him and perfect the 
machine together. Mr. Cooper in consequence of the then 
existing agreement with Mr. Parker, did not feel free to make 
the application for the Patent, so Mr. Tiffany made the applica- 
tion in his own name, agreeing to assign one undivided half to 
Mr. Cooper when the Patent should be granted. This is the 
reason Mr. Tiffany's name is first in the Patent Office. 

Soon after this Mr. Cooper entered into co-partnership with 
the writer. I then resided in Enfield, Conn., and was engaged 
in the manufacture of knitting needles. 

About this time Mr. Tiffany came to our shop and in con- 
nection with Mr. Cooper completed their model machine and 
secured their Patent May i, i860. The first machine was built 
for W. G. Medlicott of Windsor Locks, Conn. 



KNITTING MACHINERY, 



June 29, 1866, they gave me the power of attorney for 
the purpose of negotiating for the sale of the patent rights. T 
then visited Cohoes and called the attention of the manu- 
facturers to this machine, also showing samples of the work. I 
found them very much interested, so I decided to have Mr. 
Tiffany bring the working model to Cohoes, and after calling 
the manufacturers together, the machine was placed on exhibi- 
tion in Mr. Root's mill. 

Mr. William Wood and Campbell & Clute bought an interest 
in the Patent for the State of New York. Mr. Tiffany retaining 
his interest entered the employ of Campbell & Clute to super- 
intend the setting up and starting the machines. Soon after 
this I purchased my brother's interest in the Patent for the State 
of Vermont, and subsequently for the United States. In the 
year 186S I bought an eight section machine from Campbell 
& Clute and operated the same in the mill of H. E. Bradford 
& Co., Bennington. 

In the fall of 1869 I removed my family and business from 
Connecticut to Bennington, Vt., and leasing premises of Mr. 
Olin Scott, arranged to furnish the manufacturers with drawer 
bottoms and shirt cuffs, at the same time continuing my needle 
business, in which I have been engaged since the year 1849. 

At this time, Mr. Tiffany not feeling satisfied to remain with 
Campbell & Clute, came to Bennington and bought an interest 
with me in running the machines. We then agreed to form a 
co-partnership for the manufacture of these machines for the 
trade, under the firm name of Tiffany & Cooper. This has now 
continued for the term of fifteen years, during which time great 
improvements have been made, and it is now generally conceded 
that there is no better Rib Machine produced. 

It is now generally known that the firm of Tiffany & Cooper 
obtained several other patents, the most valuable of which is the 
machine for making full fashioned shirts and drawers, and 
though the co-partnership is now dissolved, we each own an 
equal interest in the patent rights, also all the old patterns of 
every machine ever built by us up to the time of separation 
belong equally to each. 



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CHARLES COOPER, 



We are both building substantially the same machines, 
though our shops are entirely independent. 

I have erected new and commodious buildings and have 
purchased the best and latest improved tools ; also have in my 
employ Mr. Daniel Hurley, who has had charge of Tiffany & 
Cooper's shop for several years past, and with other first-class 
workmen I am prepared to build these machines, herein 
represented, in every respect equal to those offered by my 
competitors, and will guarantee satisfaction. 

CHARLES COOPER. 




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TIFFANY & COOPER'S PATENT 

Four Section Rib Knitting Machine 




MANUFACTURED BY 



CHARLES COOPER, 



BENNINGTON, VT. 



12 CHARLES COOPER, 



FOUR SECTION 

RIB KNITTING MACHINE. 

Patented April 30, 1874. 



THE machine represented on the preceding page has been 
in practical use for more than fifteen years, and the quaHty 
of work it produces cannot be surpassed. It occupies about 
three by five and a half feet floor space, and is constructed in 
two parts, an upper and lower, to facilitate transportation and 
setting up. 

They are built in different widths, but mostly in two and 
four sections, and will make drawer bottoms, shirt cuffs, stocking 
tops, shirt borders, shirts and drawers, ladies' vests and pants, of 
any gauge required. 

These machines are all provided with adjustable attachments, 
or provisions for regulating the length of the drawer bottom, 
shirt cuff, or shirt borders, also the length of the stitch, and 
with automatic appliances for putting in welts and slack courses 
and with an automatic take up, each division being entirely 
independent. Every part of the machine is accessible to the 
operator for adjustment or repairs, without disturbing or throw- 
ing out of adjustment any adjacent part. 

The provisions for removing and repairing worn out or 
damaged needles and sinkers are extremely convenient ; the 
breaking of a needle occasioning but a moment's delay or 
stoppage of the machine. These machines, however, are so 
constructed that very little loss or damage occurs from broken 
needles or sinkers. 

A good workman can, without difficulty, run four machines, 
and on the four section machines can produce, on each machine, 



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forty dozen shirt cuffs per day. They run from thirty-five to 
forty courses per minute. 

I furnish an extra chain attachment for making fancy 
colored goods, which consists of an additional thread guide 
bar, rack wheels, pins and a series of blocks in chain form, 
working in connection therewith and forming a constituent part 
of what I term the "end tackle." By the use of this attach- 
ment my four section machine is adapted to make fancy 
ribbed cuffs, wristlets, gaiters and stockings, of any desired pat- 
tern, and the work will be of a more even grade than that 
made on hand machines, while the quantity will be 7no7-e than 
three times as great. 

A change from one pattern to another is readily made by 
the operator, and by a simple mechanical contrivance, the 
different colors are taken up and used without stopping the 
machine. 




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SPRING NEEDLE 



FASHIONING MACHINE, 




MANUFACTURED BY 

CHARLES COOPER, 

BENNINGTON, VT. 



KNITTING MACHINERY. 1 5 



SPRING NEEDLE 

FASHIONING MACHINE. 

Patented January I, 1878. 



^ FTER more than ten years of unremitting study, experi- 
g^^ ment and practical test, we have succeeded in bringing 
out what we confidently believe to be the very best fashioning 
machine built in this or any foreign country. It is automatic 
in all its movements, it produces shapes with perfect selvedges 
by the process of tiarrowiug and not by widening as is done 
in some fashioning machines. 

It is well understood by practical knitters that selvedges 
made by narrowing are more perfect, firmer, and better in every 
respect than selvedges made by widening. The parts of gar- 
ments which we style " shapes," when they leave this machine 
have perfect edges and are in proper form to make the gar- 
ment by running up the edges without any cutting or fitting, 
and the seam of the garment so formed is smooth, presenting 
no raw or raveling edges to irritate the person of the wearer. 

In making garments by the use of these fashioning ma- 
chines, there results no loss whatever, either of yarn or cloth. 
In point of quality, firmness, evenness of texture and beauty 
of finish, the goods turned out by these machines will challenge 
comparison with the best fashioned goods made anywhere in 
the world. 

This machine weighs about fifteen hundred pounds and 
occupies three by six feet of floor space and runs very lightly. 
It knits and fashions ladies' vests and pants and men's 
drawers and shirt sleeves. The shape of the selvedges is 
controlled by a pattern formed on a cylinder provided with 



1 6 CHARLES COOPER, 



appliances of such simplicity that changes from one shape or 
pattern to another can be effected by the operator without 
disorganizing the machine and in a very few minutes. All 
parts of these machines are as easy of access for alteration, 
adjustment or repairs as the rib machines and they do not 
require more than ordinary intelligence, experience or skill in 
their operation. 

These machines, which are built to knit a single web, 
possess decided advantages over fashioning machines having 
machinery for producing several webs combined in a single 
frame. A breakage of needles, sinkers, or yarn in these machines, 
involves the stoppage of but one section, whereas in the old 
style of combination machines, whenever such a breakage 
occurs, or it becomes necessary to take off a finished pattern, 
the other sections of machinery in the same frame must stop 
and lie idle until such breakage is repaired, or until such 
finished pattern is removed and the mechanism re-adjusted, 
ready to start again. 



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SPRING NEEDLE 



SHIRT BODY MACHINE, 




MANUFACTURED BY 



CHARLES COOPER, 



BENNINGTON, VT. 



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CHARLES COOPER, 



SPRING NEEDLE 



SHIRT BODY MACHINE 



MEN'S WEAR. 



THIS machine is divested of all complex devices of every 
kind and is constructed with the fewest and simplest 
mechanical appliances admissible for knitting a straight selvedged 
edge and continuous web for bodies of men's shirts. It is pro- 
vided with an automatic take-up, capable of holding a large roll 
of cloth and may be run three days without doffing. The goods 
when taken from the machine are in large rolls or long pieces, 
ready to be subdivided into suitable lengths for bodies. These 
features of simplicity and convenience render it possible for 
one attendent to operate six or eight machines without 
difficulty. 

They are about the same weight and occupy about the 
same floor space as the fashioning machine. 

I also build a small machine for knitting gussets for 
drawers, with selvedge and slack courses to mark their length 
and facilitate cuttino; off. 



KNITTING MACHINERY. 



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RIB MACHINE PARTS. 



SINKER. 




\ am now prepared to furnish, at short notice, all parts of 
J the Rib and Fashioning Machines, and I take pleasure in 
giving to the manufacturers the following pages, upon which 
will be found nearly all parts of the Rib Machine, illustrated, 
numbered and named, for the convenience of those wishing 
to order. 

I am also prepared to furnish all the various kinds of 
Tiffany & Cooper and Campbell & Clute sinkers and springs, 
keeping them always in stock, so that orders may be filled 
promptly. 



RIB MACHINE PARTS. 

3 




[ See following page for names of parts.] 



KNITTING MACHINERY. 2 1 


NAMES OF PARTS WITH NUMBERS. 


No. 


No. 


I Falling Bar Lever, No. i End. 


3t Presser Arm, No. 2 End. 


2 Falling Bar Lever, Truck Stud. 


32 Presser Spring Rod. 


3 Falling Bar Rod. 


33 Presser Arm Pin. 


4 Falling Bar Truck. 


34 Presser Arm, No. i End. 


5 Falling Bar Lever, No. 2 End. 


35 Front Needle liar Spring. 


6 Falling Bar Lever Spring.No.i End 


36 Back Needle Bar Lever, No. i End. 


7 Falling Bar Spring, 


37 Upper Levers Stud. 


8 Falling Bar Lever Spring,No.2 End 


38 Back Needle Bar Lever Truck. 


9 Knocking Over Bar Lever, No. i 


39 Back Needle Bar LeverTruck Stud. 


End. 


40 Back Needle Bar Spring. 


10 Knocking Over Bar Lever Truck 


41 Lower Levers Stud. 


Stud. 


42 Lower Lever Bracket. 


1 1 Knocking Over Bar Lever End Bolt. 


43 Front Lifting Catch, No. i ImuI. 


12 Knocking Over Bar Lever Support 


44 Front Lifting Catch Stud. 


Rod. 


45 Front Lifting Catch, No. 2 End. 


13 Knocking Over Bar Lever Truck. 


46 Presser Guide. 


14 Knocking Over Bar Lever No. 2 


47 Upper Lever Bracket. 


End. 


48 Splicing Thread Dog. 


15 Knocking Over Bar Lever No. 2 


49 Splicing Thread Spring Lever. 


End Truck Stud. 


50 Splicing Thread Arm, No. 2 End. 


16 Front Needle Bar Lever, No. i End. 


51 Splicing Thread Arm, No. i End. 


17 Front Needle Bar Lever Truck. 


52 Presser Casting. 


18 Front Needle Bar Lever Connect- 


53 Dog for Shipping Upper Rod. 


ing Piece. 


54 Presser Bar. 


19 Front Needle Bar Lever End Stud. 


55 Support Bar for Upright Front 


20 Front Needle Bar Lever Truck 


Slide. 


Stud, No. 2 End, 


56 Belt Shipper. 


21 Front Needle Bar Lever, No. 2 End. 


57 Take-Up Lever. 


22 Presser Lever, No. i End. 


58 Friction Spring for Belt ShijJiJer 


23 Presser Lever Truck. 


Lever. 


24 Front Needle 15ar Lifting Rod. 


59 Belt Shipper Lever. 


25 Presser Lever End Stud. 


60 Back Rod Shipping Spring. 


26 Presser Lever, No. 2 End. 


61 Back Knocking Over Bar. 


27 Presser Connecting Lever, No. 2 


62 Belt Shipper Guide. 


End. 


63 Spring for Middle Shipping Rod. 


28 Presser Spring. 


64 Spring for Shipping Inside Falling 


29 Presser Connecting Lever, No. i 


Bar. 


End. 


65 Inside Falling Bar. 


30 Back Needle Bar Lever, No. 2 End. 


66 Falling Bar. 



RIB MACHINE PARTS. 




[ See two following pages for names of parts.] 



KNITTING MACHINERY. 23 


No. 


No. 




67 Chain for Stripping. 


102 


Stud for Lever No. 107. 


68 Draw Lever. 


T03 


Presser Arm Stud. 


69 Draw Cam Truck Stud. 


104 


Falling Bar Shipper Slide. 


70 Draw Cam Truck. 


105 


Slurcock Spring, Right Hand. 


71 Draw Lever Connecting Piece. 


106 


Carrier Bar Friction Spring, No. 


72 Draw Cam Stud. 




I End. 


73 Intermediate Gear Stud. 


107 


I>ever for stopping Back Shipper 


74 Draw Lever End Stud. 




Rod. 


75 Upper Rod Shipping Spring. 


108 


Support Rod for IJack Needles. 


76 Draw Lever Stud. 


109 


Carrier Needle, Outside. 


77 Draw Lever Stand. 


no 


Small Spur Gear. 


78 Draw Cam Stand. 


III 


Take-Up Lever Spring. 


79 Knocking Over Truck Shipper, 


112 


Carrier Bar Box. 


No. 2 End. 


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Carrier Bar Friction Spring, No. 


80 Spring for Shipping P'ront Needle 




2 End. 


Bar Truck, No. i End. 


114 


End Cap for Needle Bar. 


Si Knocking Over Truck Shipper, 


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Back Needle Support Stand. 


No. I End. 


116 


Piece to support Falling Bar at 


82 Large Spur Gear. 




center. 


83 Take-Up Truck Stud. 


117 


Needle Bar Cap. 


84 Take-Up Truck. 


iiS 


Slurcock. 


85 Knocking Over Plate. 


119 


Slurcock Bar Casting. 


86 Spring Plate. 


120 


Slurcock Bar Stop. 


87 Presser Truck Shipper, No. i End. 


121 


Slurcock Casting. 


88 Presser Truck -Shipper, No. 2 End. 


122 


Falling Bar Box Cap, No. i End. 


89 Cam for moving Shipper Bar. 


123 


Falling Bar Box Cap, No. 2 End. 


90 Presser Stand, No. i End. 


124 


Outside Carrier Bar Driver. 


91 Presser Stand, No. 2 End. 


125 


Pin for Outside Carrier Bar Driver 


92 Piece for holding dfiwn P'ront 


126 


Casting for stopping Back Ship- 


Needle Bar, No. 2 End. 




ping Rod. 


93 Piece for holding down Front 


127 


Back Needle Bar Slide Truck, 


Needle Bar, No. i End. 




No. I End. 


94 Stand for above pieces. 


128 


Back Needle Bar Slide Truck, 


95 Casting to steady Presser Guide. 




No. 2 End. 


96 Bracket for holding Front Needle 


129 


Shipping Spool for above Trucks. 


Bar. 


130 


Slurcock Driver for IJorder Frame 


97 Splicing Thread Piece. 


131 


Carrier Bar Upright Shipping .Slide 


98 Box for Falling Bar Shipper Slide. 


132 


Front Slide. 


99 Slurcock Spring, Left Hand. 


133 


Piece for supporting Falling Bar 


100 Intermediate Spur Gear. 




at Center. 


loi Draw Cam. 


134 


Take-Up Roll Guide. 



24 CHARLES 


COOPER, 


No. 


No. 


'35 ■'"'hipping Bar Truck Stud. 


161 Upper End Tackle Catch. 


136 Stand for Lever for raising Ship- 


162 Steadying Piece for Chain Wheel. 


ping Bar Truck. 


163 Stud for End Tackle Wheel Stop 


137 Catch for holding Shipping Bar 


Catch. 


when shipped. 


164 End Tackle Wheel Stop Catch. 


i3cS Snap Catch for Front Slide. 


165 End Tackle Wheel Stop Catch. 


■39 Shipping Bar Lever. 


166 Piece for starting End Tackle 


140 Take-Up Casting. 


Wheel. 


141 Take-Up Stop Catch. 


167 I^ower End Tackle Ratchet. 


142 Stud for Shipping Bar Lever. 


168 Chain Wheel. 


143 Piece for raising Shipping Bar 


169 Carrier Needle. 


Truck. 


170 Carrier Bar Stop and Spring. 


144 Rod for raising Shipping Bar 


171 Arm for End Tackle Stop Catch. 


Truck. 


172 Lower End Tackle Ratchet Stud. 


145 Lower Shipping Bar Truck. 


173 Dog for Shipping Top Rod on 


146 Take- Up Tension Spring and Rod. 


Welt. 


147 Take-Up Catch. 


174 Carrier Needle, Liside. 


14S TakcUp Casting. 


175 Lower Carrier Bar Driver. 


149 Take-Up Tension Piece. 


176 Brake Shipping Rod. 


150 End Tackle Lever Stud. 


177 Chain Bit, Highest Lift. 


151 End Tackle Lever. 


178 Chain Bit, Middle Lift. 


152 Long End Tackle Catch Stud. 


179 Chain Bit, Lowest Lift. 


153 Short End Tackle Catch Stud. 


180 Bracket for Break Rod. 


154 End Tackle Wheel. 


181 Bracket for Break Rod. 


155 End Tackle Wheel Ratchet. 


182 Break Lever. 


156 Piece for making Welt. 


183 Break Shipper. 


157 Piece for making Welt. 


184 Break. 


158 Piece for making Welt. 


185 Spring for Shipping Back Rod. 


159 Piece for making Welt. 


t86 Brake Stud. 


160 Lower End Tackle Catch. 


187 End Tackle Spring. 


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Charles Cooper, 



Manufacturer of all Varieties of 



SPRING i NEEDLES 

NARROWING POINTS. 

TRANSPERRING POINTS. 
STARTING HOOKS. 

WELT HOOKS, Etc. Etc. 



ALSO DEALER IN 



LATCH NEEDLES 



OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 



WHEN ORDERING SEND SAMPLE. 



CHARLES COOPER, 

Manufacturer of all Varieties 

SPRING NEEDLES, 

FOR KNITTING MACHINERY. 




When Ordering Send Sample. 
Works ON Main St. BENNINGTON, VT. 



KNITTING MACHINE NEEDLES. 2/ 



OFFICE OF 



CHARLES COOPER, 



Manufacturer of 



KNITTING MACHINE NEEDLES. 



Bennington, Vt., October, 1886. 

It is well understood by manufacturers of knit goods that 
the production of a beautiful, uniform and even texture in the 
fabric, is largely dependent on the needles used, and that 
however perfect the knitting machinery may be in other respects, 
the use of needles that are not uniform and tempered as they 
should be, will more than counter-balance any advantages of 
improved machinery, and will result in loss to the user, of 
both money and reputation. 

For more than thirty-five years I have been constantly 
engaged in the manufacture of knitting machine needles for 
the trade, and during that time have constantly had in view 
the elevation of the standard of excellence of the goods I 
manufacture. With what success my efforts have been rewarded 
I will leave my customers to judge. I have always endeavored 
to furnish my patrons with goods honestly made from the 
very best material. I can confidently say that I use no in- 
ferior stock and employ none but skilled labor, and all needles 
sent from my establishment are manufactured under my per- 
sonal supervision, and are warranted to be in all respects as 
represented. After practical tests I have found that the best 
imported steel is the most reliable and gives the most satis- 
factory results. Every coil of wire used by me is first tested 



by cutting a piece from each end and tempering it. If it 
does not come up to the standard requirements it is rejected. 
A large stock of wire and needles of all gauges are always kept 
on hand, so that any order, however exceptional in its character, 
may be promptly filled. Every needle is carefully inspected and 
pliered by an experienced workman before they are shipped. 

For the last fifteen years, as a member of the firm of 
Tiffany & Cooper, I have been practically engaged in the 
manufacture of a wide range of knitting machinery, and such 
employment has necessarily enjoined upon me the closest 
attention to every minute detail in the manufacture and per- 
fection, of finish of the needles used in such machines. The 
unequalled perfection of the needles used in our machines 
has contributed largely to their gratifying success and popularity, 
and the wide range of experience and practical knowledge so 
acquired has been turned to account by me in the adaptation 
of tools, and in the training of skilled labor, to produce a line 
of knitting machine needles which will challenge comparison 
with any made in this country. 

My new quarters afford me one of the largest and finest 
needle factories known, and being equipped with all the 
modern improvements for the manufacture of needles, I 
am able to give to the trade, needles that are even in 
temper, uniform in shape, highly polished, guaranteed against 
rust, in any quantity and at satisfactory prices. 

Thanking you for your patronage of the past, and solic- 
iting your future orders, I remain. 

Yours very respectfully, 

CHARLES COOPER. 



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